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ZURICH, Aug 15 - Chile under-20 international
Jaime Grondona was banned for nine months by soccer's governing
body FIFA on Wednesday after being found guilty of assaulting
match officials during the Under-20 World Cup finals in July.
Nigeria under-20 coach Laden Bosso was also banned from all
football-related activities for four months for what FIFA
described as "offensive behaviour" towards English referee,
Howard Webb during the same tournament in Canada.
Grondona, a grand nephew of FIFA senior vice-president and
Argentina FA president Julio Grondona, was fined 11,000 Swiss
francs ($9,046) over his actions during Chile's semi-final
defeat to Argentina.
"In addition, the Chilean football association has been
fined 15,000 Swiss francs for the aggressive actions directed
towards the match officials by Chilean players and officials,"
FIFA said in a statement.
Bosso was banned and fined 11,000 Swiss francs over his
comments following his side's quarter-final loss to Chile in
which he accused Webb of racism in his decision-making.
(Writing by Darren Ennis in Brussels)